Julie McElroy is a freelance writer, with a diverse writing background and experience in many areas including: business, teaching, relationships, military, fitness, travel, and online marketing, and offers web content, feature articles, editing services and more.

Her passion for creativity and excellent attention to detail are matched only by her love of writing.  Julie provide writing services for clients in Colorado and all over the world.

Websites: Inspired to Write & The Travel Beat.com

Linda Fasteson is an award-winning food and travel writer whose favorite souvenirs are the edible ones shared with friends and family.

She travels the world to savor the best of what the world has to offer, from peasant fare to delicacies fit for a king. Her cultural and culinary adventures have taken her through shadowy medieval passageways to wine cellars and to alpine chalets where cheese has been made the same way for generations.

She shops local markets, travels country roads, and goes behind the scenes with food producers and purveyors to better understand regions and cultures through cuisine.

Website:  www.notabletravels.com

Janice Nieder could be the love child of Indiana Jones and Julia Child. She was a specialty food consultant for 12 years in New York, with a client list that included Tavern on the Green, Dean & Deluca and Sign of the Dove. Janice is currently a SF-based culinary tourism writer who has wined & dined her way through 90 countries. To keep things in balance, Janice also enjoys writing about her Girlfriend Getaways which include spa visits, soft-core adventure, cultural events, shopping, luxury hotels and city explorations.

Follow her travels at: www.travelwriters.com/janicenieder

Australian-born journalist and photographer, Graeme Kemlo, has covered the business travel and events market over the past 16 years for trade magazines in Australia and Asia, including MICE.NET, MICENZ.NET, MICEASIA.NET and previously for long-established industry magazine, The Quorum.

When he’s not covering business events Graeme’s leisure travel writing and images feature in Australasian magazines including, Vacations & Travel, Get Up & Go and Epicure.

Graeme’s journalism career spans four decades and includes university qualifications and awards in Journalism, plus extensive experience in major metropolitan newspapers, magazines, radio, television and online media. He’s been an Australian federal political correspondent, feature writer, columnist, daily picture editor, commercial radio host, magazine editor, publisher/managing editor of travel and technology newsletters, and was one of Australia’s first business technology reporters.

In 2011 Graeme was appointed to the International Board of Directors of the US-based International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA), and is currently Vice-Chair of IFWTWA Australasia – a professional body representing food, wine, leisure travel and business events writers across the region.  He’s also a member of the Australian Society of Travel Writers

Having lived and worked in USA and South East Asia, Graeme claims himself fortunate to live in Melbourne, Victoria, regarded by many as Australia’s food and wine mecca.  Married with two adult children – one a Doctor of Osteopathy, the other a five-star hotel manager – Graeme enjoys the vastness of Australia’s outback, Arizona’s desert or the Alaskan tundra, but always enjoys flying home to Melbourne.

Images: http://wordsmith.zenfolio.com/graeme-kemlo

Monique Rubin is an American who has lived in Europe for more than a decade.  A freelance travel writer, Monique also chronicles her journeys on her blog Mo Travels, writing about travels with her family and the many marathons she runs around the world. Her articles have appeared in Cuisine Noir, Lonely Planet, Destinations Magazine and many more.

A graduate of the British College of Journalism, Gillian travels the world with her husband, a Master Mariner.  A freelance travel writer, she uses her personal journals and memories help her write about her experiences abroad.

The Florida editor for BellaOnline Magazine and a featured guest blogger for the luxury hotel booking website, Luxique, Gillian is also contracted to write articles for Payless Car Rentalsto promote destinations within the US that offer hire car airport services. A self-confessed foodie, Gillian also writes candid reviews on food and drink.

She has been published in many publications including Geneva Times, Porsche Post, Social Affairs (Miami) and La Dolce Vita. Her recently published a guide book, “Days Out in Central Florida” which is flying off the shelves on Amazon.com and in local Barnes and Noble stores.

Gillian is a member of the International Travel Writers’ Alliance and the Florida Writers’ Association, keeping in touch with the industry through LinkedIn.

When she is not writing, she travels the world extensively, taking cruises several times a year to collect fresh material for articles and website content.

Website: www.gillianbirch.com

Professional Home Economist, reformed Cordon Bleu chef and travel food writer, this expat living in Perth WA for the past 10 years is the creator of seven cookbooks and four e-books.  Susan is a seasoned restaurant and resort reviewer — spanning 25 years and 3 continents… she is a nutrition and culinary consultant in the food industry, a food stylist for print and film, and an instructor/trainer with three decades of experience in the foodservice and consumer food segments, as well as a media spokesperson for wellness and lifestyle.  Avocationally, Susanne is also a Hatha Yoga instructor, and a roller-blading, biking, kayaking, and fishing bon vivant! Currently she is creating her 5th e-book cookbook for Smashwords in a series: Wilder by the Dozen.

Website: www.fstnfrsh.com

Freelance writer and former concierge Billie Frank has written for both print and the web. She’s based in Santa Fe, New Mexico and writes extensively about the area for her blog, Santa Fe Travelers. She is a contributor to other online publications focusing on food and travel and a Contributing  Editor at Travel Squire. Billie was a consultant on DK Eyewitness Travel’s 2012 revision of the Top 10 Santa Fe, Taos and Albuquerque travel guide. She is co-owner of a trip planning and tour business The Santa Fe Traveler, designing unique experiences for visitors to Santa Fe.

Find Billie on Facebook and on Twitter.

Christine is a career journalist, with 40+ years devoted to extensive reporting, marketing and public relations for the arts, education, healthcare, travel and tourism.  She is an avid fruit and vegetable grower and recycler.  This New Jersey native is a long-time Georgia resident, 1970 graduate of School of Journalism University of Missouri Broad world view; passionate for people, their places, and the ways they can celebrate food, the land, fashion, labor and leisure pursuits. Focused career-wise on travel destination feature writing, including extensive restaurant and culinary commentary. Blog for TravelingMom.com, consortium of niche voices about travel. Matriarch of a big blended family: married 34 years, merging the lives of six children into adulthood. Christine loves to hike, read, practice yoga, visit museums and attend the theater and concert halls with choirs and symphonies.

Website: TravelingMom.com

Member:  International Food, Wine Travel Writers Association and the North American Travel Journalists Association

Website: www.TibbettsTravel.com |  IFWTWA Profile

A full-time Atlanta-based freelance travel writer, Claudine Williams has written for dozens of print and online publications, including the Luxury Source, Showcase Magazine, 10 Best, the Nile Guide, Travel + Leisure (Southeast Asia), Essence Magazine, and Attaché Magazine.  She began her career as a newspaper reporter. She wrote features and news articles for the St. Petersburg Times, the Star News, and Landmark Communications Newspapers. Claudine is also a licensed teacher, who has taught students in the United States and South Korea. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications and a master’s degree in Information Design and Communications.  When she is not traveling, Claudine Williams writes articles, blogs and creates marketing content for clients. For more information please visit www.claudinewilliams.com. Follow her on Twitter, or connect with her on LinkedIn.

Susan Montgomery writes professionally in the areas of food, wine, travel, health, art and business.  She has recently written and had published two artists’ biographies and she and her husband have published a widely selling photography gift book called What Really Matters Now.  Now living in Southern California, Susan takes advantage of her travel destination location to learn and write about the extraordinary culinary, travel and wine experiences that she encounters all around her.  She writes from a perceptive, sometimes humorous, personal viewpoint that brings her experiences alive for her readers.

A freelance travel writer, blogger and photographer, Sherry is passionate about cruising and the complete cruise experience.  She explores destinations, visits medieval wineries, learns where the locals dine and where to stay for pre/post cruise options.

Sherry’s articles and photos have been published in major newspapers, travel industry publications and online travel sites, including USAToday.com and msnbc.today.com.  She has been featured on Arthur and Pauline Frommer’s Travel Radio Show, Paul Lasley’s OnTravel Armed Forces Radio and others. She was a contributor to Frommer’s Guide to the Greek Islands 2010.

In her free time, Sherry’s an avid cook and takes an occasional culinary class at Le Cordon Bleu in Florida. As an advocate of slow travel, she is the travel writer who doesn’t fly.

Sherry has not set foot on an airplane in over two decades and travels the world only by ships and trains.  On average, Sherry spends more than two months each year at sea and at least one week on trains.  She truly believes, “If there’s a port…I can get there.”

Follow her travel blog www.cruisemaven.com, and on Twitter @CruiseMaven, Facebook.com/CruiseMaven, YouTube.com/cruisemaven and Pinterest.com/sherrylaskin

Sherry Jackson is a freelance writer, editor and entrepreneur. Her articles have been featured in InfoWorld Magazine, Entrepreneur.com, USA Today, Blue Ridge Country, Jetsetter, Bootsnall, Gadling, Yahoo, See the South, Beckett Media, The Simpsonville Sentinel and many other print and online publications. She writes a monthly travel column for a local newspaper and owns and maintains four websites (www.seethesouth.com , www.dragonflyventures.com, dvtravels.net and www.rulesforeveryday.com). Sherry is a member of the International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) and the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA).  She just signed a book deal for a local hiking guide and is working on another book which will explore unique perspectives of southern cultures. For clips and examples of her work, please visit her website at www.dragonflyventures.com.